diff --git a/subprojects/.gitignore b/subprojects/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6f228fa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/packagecache/
+
+/googletest-*/
diff --git a/subprojects/gtest.wrap b/subprojects/gtest.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca5d699ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/gtest.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[wrap-file]
+directory = googletest-release-1.10.0
+
+source_url = https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.10.0.zip
+source_filename = gtest-1.10.0.zip
+source_hash = 94c634d499558a76fa649edb13721dce6e98fb1e7018dfaeba3cd7a083945e91
+
+patch_url = https://wrapdb.mesonbuild.com/v1/projects/gtest/1.10.0/1/get_zip
+patch_filename = gtest-1.10.0-1-wrap.zip
+patch_hash = 04ff14e8880e4e465f6260221e9dfd56fea6bc7cce4c4aff0dc528e4a2c8f514
diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index 25561f2ee..e6cb1cfb1 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ if compiler.get_id() == 'clang' and compiler.version().version_compare('>=9')
   ]
 endif
 
+gtest_main_dep = dependency('gtest', main: true, fallback: ['gtest', 'gtest_main_dep'])
 gtest_dep = declare_dependency(
-  dependencies: [dependency('gtest', main: true)],
+  dependencies: [gtest_main_dep],
   compile_args: gtest_compile_args,
 )